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Leo Posada
Leopoldo Jesus (Hernandez) Posada

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 21, 1960
  vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 20, 1962
Born April 15, 1936 in Havana, Cuba

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Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 24 KCA AL  10   36    8   13   0  2   1    2   1  0   3   7  .361  .410  .556  160   20   1   0   0   0   1
 1961 25 KCA AL 116  344   37   87  10  4   7   53   0  0  36  84  .253  .321  .366   83  126   4  12   1   4   8
 1962 26 KCA AL  29   46    6    9   1  1   0    3   0  0   7  14  .196  .302  .261   51   12   0   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      155  426   51  109  11  7   8   58   1  0  46 105  .256  .326  .371   86  158   5  12   2   4  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        445   53  114  11  7   8   61   1  0  48 110  .256  .326  .371   86  165   5  13   2   4  10
 Career High    116  344   37   87  10  4   7   53   1  0  36  84  .253  .321  .366   83  126   4  12   1   4   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 24 KCA AL   40   25    8   8.6   101| .361  .263| .410  .337| .556  .403| .966  .740| 160  .767   2.6   0.3 100%
 1961 25 KCA AL  400  281   43   4.1   105| .253  .265| .321  .340| .366  .412| .687  .753|  83  .440  -7.5  -0.7   0%
 1962 26 KCA AL   53   38    4   2.8   106| .196  .268| .302  .341| .261  .417| .563  .758|  51  .295  -3.3  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       493  344   55   4.3   105| .256  .265| .326  .340| .371  .412| .697  .752|  86  .463  -8.1  -0.7 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1960 24 KCA AL OF 9 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.33 1.96 1.34 2.25 9 80.3 RF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 1.68 1.47 1.95 8 67.3 LF 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.68 1.38 2.15 1 13.0 1961 25 KCA AL OF 102 205 8 6 0 .973 .977 2.09 1.98 2.38 2.25 93 805.3 LF 72 117 7 4 0 .969 .969 1.72 1.62 2.31 2.00 53 484.0 RF 27 33 0 1 0 .971 .976 1.22 1.75 1.60 2.06 23 185.3 CF 20 37 1 1 0 .974 .982 1.90 2.24 2.51 2.59 17 136.0 1962 26 KCA AL OF 11 15 1 0 1 1.000 .982 1.45 1.92 1.90 2.19 8 75.7 LF 10 14 1 0 1 1.000 .974 1.50 1.61 1.88 2.01 8 71.7 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 4.50 2.02 0 4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 25 KCA AL CF 20 37 1 1 0 .974 .982 1.90 2.24 2.51 2.59 17 136.0 1960 24 KCA AL LF 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.68 1.38 2.15 1 13.0 1961 25 KCA AL LF 72 117 7 4 0 .969 .969 1.72 1.62 2.31 2.00 53 484.0 1962 26 KCA AL LF 10 14 1 0 1 1.000 .974 1.50 1.61 1.88 2.01 8 71.7 1960 24 KCA AL OF 9 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.33 1.96 1.34 2.25 9 80.3 1961 25 KCA AL OF 102 205 8 6 0 .973 .977 2.09 1.98 2.38 2.25 93 805.3 1962 26 KCA AL OF 11 15 1 0 1 1.000 .982 1.45 1.92 1.90 2.19 8 75.7 1960 24 KCA AL RF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 1.68 1.47 1.95 8 67.3 1961 25 KCA AL RF 27 33 0 1 0 .971 .976 1.22 1.75 1.60 2.06 23 185.3 1962 26 KCA AL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 4.50 2.02 0 4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 122 231 10 6 1 .976 .978 1.98 1.97 2.26 2.25 110 961.3 86 20 36# LF* 86 132 9 4 1 .972 .970 1.64 1.62 2.23 2.01 62 568.7 RF* 36 46 0 1 0 .979 .977 1.28 1.73 1.61 2.03 31 256.7 CF* 20 37 1 1 0 .974 .982 1.90 2.24 2.51 2.59 17 136.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 122 231 10 6 1 .976 .978 1.98 1.97 2.26 2.25 110 961
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Flies
1961 AL-12-1

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2753) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1956: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1956 minor league draft.

August 3, 1962: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Bill Kunkel to the Milwaukee Braves for Orlando Pena.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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